We can define the term CLOUD as the services where information and files are kept on servers connected to the Internet.
Using the Cloud has many advantages, it is a
service created for storage information and files, where you do not need to
keep it closer to you anymore. On the one hand the most important advantage is
that you can choose the scale and cost of your cloud (referring to storage),
depending of your needs because many companies gives you free storage (with a
limit) and you can amplify your storage by paying for it. In fact, you can have
your files in any digital device you work with: computer, smartphone or tablet.
On the whole, many people nowadays use digital
copies for everything, photos, books, music, video, etc., so it is normal that
young generations’ uses these services to keep their files safe and to manage
them in every device they use.
On the other hand there are disadvantages too,
not everything in the cloud is good. For instance, the security might be a
problem if someone stole your password and your files. There is a lack of
control of where your files are, the “cloud” is a vague term to call “somewhere
on the Internet”, and these could affect to your reliability. Also, there are not offices with Customer Support to ask about the problems that you could have. These services have a strict policy that could help you or not depending on the country where you live.
In any way is a useful tool to keep and share
information with another people, and I normally use some of them, for example:
- Dropbox, where I share with my friends our photos and useful documents for our studies.
- OneDrive or SkyDrive at my home with the computer, tablet and smartphone to have all my music, e-books and photos in all the devices I have.
- Google Drive for group work, and to keep personalized maps of the cities that I am going to visit.
If you want to know more about the Cloud, or
Cloud Computing you could take a look to this websites where I found
information:
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